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...the Lemon Creek industrial area. Most of the boxes being stored belong to the state. MICHAEL PENN / THE JUNEAU EMPIRE Caching in on Archives Last modified at 2:21 p.m. on Tuesday, February 24, 1998 By MIKE ROGOWAY THE JUNEAU EMPIRE...

...smaller hippocampi and poorer spatial memory than same-age wild-caught birds. I have not found any serious studies of food-caching by our chestnut-backed chickadees. But it might not be surprising to learn that northern birds of this species are better...

...Saw-whet owls eat mice. Despite their size, they're very successful at it, Penven said, killing up to six in a row and caching them for later.The saw-whet owl is the third smallest species of owl in Alaska. The elf and the pygmy owl are both smaller...

...and flight of eagles and ravens, and explain how they see. Unique attributes of ravens such as their social networking and caching abilities will be explored. Eyesight, hunting and flight of eagles will be explained. A life-size replica of an eagle...

...anatomy. In bird species that survive by caching large numbers of food items, a portion...hippocampus is much more developed than in non-caching species. As in mammals, the hippocampus...Mountains, is the all-time champion of seed caching. These birds remember locations for approximately...

...nesting very early in the season, in February and March when snow is still falling. I haven't found much information on food caching by Steller's jays (beyond the fact that they do so), but we do know that they are somewhat early nesters too - but not...

...offers year round recreation opportunities including hiking, biking, rock climbing, skiing, kayaking, snowshoeing, geo-caching and other exciting outdoor pursuits. The program allows individuals to experience the spectacular wilderness we live in...

...steal" as much as two kilograms (about four and a half pounds) of meat from a large carcass, eating some on the spot and caching the rest. And sometimes there are many ravens attending a single carcass; five or ten ravens at a carcass is not uncommon...

...below an ice fall, said National Park Service spokesman Smitty Parratt. Harper apparently did not return to the spot after caching the supplies, Parratt said, indicating he may be above the cache. It's also possible that he became lost and veered off...